Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-11
TIE Road TO BIG HOLE BASIN
To Which the Attention of the Silver
Bow and Beaverhead County Com.
mIssioners is Respectfully Directed.

Mr.. F. r. Miles, Superintendent of the
Big Hole Lumber Company, writes to this
paper from Dewey's Flats to say that he
ions and grain to the scene of the com
pany's operations on Lamarch Creek, and
on Friday last, while crossing the lower
ford, one Of the teams got SO e%ntangled in
the harness that two Of them drowned be-
fore the teamsters could cut the harness
loose from them.
THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD.
The attention of the County Commits
sioners of Silver Bow and Beaverhead
Counties is called to the fact that the Big
Hole Basin is fast settling up, and the resi-
dents are badly in need of a better road
than that which at present exists. The
road up the Big Hole leaves the Utah &
Northern Railway at Divide Station, bet
ter known as Wunderiich's. Not 200
yards from said station. in Silver Bow
County, the bridge across Divide Creek is
torn up entirely. and teams nave to ford
the creek, the water being four feet deep
and the banks on either side SO step that
a team of four horses cannot haul a load
up them. For three miles farther up the
river the road is in Silver Bow County,
and is in fairly good condition. Then it
crosses a bridge into Beaverhead County
and follows tie river bank
to Dewey's Flat, about three miles. This
piece of road, and also the bridge across
the river ID
BADLY IN NEED
of repairs. Just above Dewey's Flat the
road lea yes the river and crosses the hills
which are so steep that a team can only
haul a light load, whereas an easy grade
could be made around a point of rock.
After crossing the hills the road follows the
river for about ten miles and is badly in
need Of repairs in many places. The road
then crosses the river, there being no bridge
over which teams have to ford. This is
the ford in which Mt. Miles horses were
drowned. The road after crossing follows
the river about a mile on the Silver Bow
side; then there is another ford and the
road crosses back into Be~averhead county
follows the river about one
and one-half miles when il crosses again
to the Silver Bow county side
and thence to the Basin, in Beaverhead
French..Gulch being the dividing line.
From French Gulch to the Basin the road
is in fairly good condition but
NEEDS SOME REPAIRS.
From French Gulch down to the lower or
first lord in Silver Bow County liz distance
Of about two and a half miles. A road
could he graded here for about 500, and
. bridge could be built for about $1,000
thus saving three fords and making the
road SO that it could be rave,ed at all
seasons Of the year, and giving the people
Of the Basin a chance to do their trading
in Butte, the nearest point, whereas, o
have to go to Dillon by way Of Banack.
This trade ia worth 1onkipn offop and fha -!
OF Butte ought to spare no
pains in tl,eir endeavors to have the road
rom the Basin to Butte go fixed as to
render it passab'e at all seasons.
The Big Hole Lumber Company are
operating quite extensively on the waters
Of the Big Hole and the company collect a
arge OF road tax from their en-
which is expended upon roads else
in the counties.